7th Grade Unit 2

The reason the author has for writing. ( PIE- persuade, inform & entertain)

• Author's purpose

• Author's Purpose: Inform

• Author's Purpose: Entertain

The writer is trying to give you new information or teach you something. (textbook, newspaper)

• Author's Purpose: Inform

• Author's Purpose: Entertain

• Author's Purpose: Persuade

The author is trying to write something for the reader's enjoyment.

• Author's Purpose: Persuade

• Author's Purpose: Entertain

• Author's Purpose: Inform

Evidence from the reading selection that proves the answer to a question about the text.

The most important point the author makes.Stated in a complete sentence and not just one word.

Is the most important idea about the topic that a writer or speaker conveys. It can be the central idea of an entire work or of just a paragraph. Often the main idea of a paragraph is expressed in a topic sentence

How the author feels about the subject the writers attitude towards the subject/topic he is writing about

How a character views events based on his or her experiences and emotions

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

You were as brave as a lion.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification